Buckle.



G. 0. ANDERSON.

' BUCKLE.

APPLICATION IILIBD Arms, 1907.

Patented June 29, 1909.

WITNESSES A roze/v5 Y5 CHRISTIAN O. ANDERSON, OF BRIGIIAM, UTAH.

BUCKLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed April 9, 1907. Serial No. 367,161.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN O. ANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brigham city, in the county of Boxelder and State ofUtah, have invented. a new and useful Buckle, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a buckle of novel form to be used moreparticularly on harness but may be used for other purposes when foundconvenient.

The objects of the invention are, the provision, in a merchantable form,of a device of the above mentioned class, which shall be inexpensive tomanufacture, facile in operation, and devoid of complicated parts.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a face view of a bucklepermanently attached to one strap and temporarily holding a secondstrap. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line 2 2. Fig. 3is a per-- spective view of the buckle detached.

Similar numerals of reference indicate the same parts on all thefigures.

The buckle, indicated by the numeral 1, comprises, in the form shown,two parallel side plates 2, 3 curved as shown, joined at one end by acylindrical cross bar 4 and at their opposite ends by a somewhatflattened bar 5. From the middle portion of the underside of theflattened bar 5 depends, for a short distance, a hook 6 which then bendsrearwardly for a little way and ends in a blunt point 7.

One end of strap 8 is bent around the cylindrical bar 4 from belowupward and stitched to the body of the strap in the usual manner. A wideleather loop 9 is fastened to the strap by the same stitching just backof the cross bar 4. Fastened to the strap 8 by means of a rivet 10 is ashield or protector ll of leather that lies between the buckle and theside of a horse to prevent the animal from becoming chafed by theirregular surface presented by the buckle and strap. The shield isusually made ornamental to improve the appearance of the fastening. Asecond strap 12 provided with a series of central openings 13 isfastened to the buckle by first passing it through a slit 14 in theshield, then up through the buckle and after drawing it sullicientlytight, the hook or tongue 6 is pushed through the nearest hole 13 andthe end of the strap slipped under the loop 9.

A buckle constructed as above described presents a neat and attractiveappearance, the tongue is invisible but affords a secure fastening meansfor the strap 12, and the looped strap 3 not being cut for the tongue,is stronger where it bends around the cross bar 4 than in buckles ofordinary construction.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed isr- In a device ofthe class described, a cylindrical cross bar and an oval cross bar;parallel side plates uniting the terminals of the cross bars, terminatedthereat, and having their lower edges downwardly curved below the lowerfaces of the cross bars; a tongue integral with the oval cross bar,projecting therefrom in substantial alinement with the side plates andhaving its terminal up-lleXed end extended above the plane of the upperedges of the side plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN O. ANDERSON.

Vfitnesses JOHN A. IloNsnN, Bnn'rnni. liausnN.

